“The only thing I wish for now is to go out to study, before it’s too late,” says Baraa, a Palestinian student trapped in the Gaza Strip, one year after he applied for a student visa. He was scheduled to begin studies at UNB in the winter semester. His admission has now been deferred to fall 2026.

RCMP Can Apply Israel’s Gaza Tactics To Canadian Policing: Briefing www.readthemaple.com/rcmp-can-app...

The Liberal Party has a secret to ruling Canada: campaign on the left, then govern on the right. From Mackenzie King to the Trudeaus to Mark Carney, Martin Lukacs breaks down a century of Liberals posturing as progressives—only to serve as faithful servants of the corporate elite.

As trade negotiations between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico continue, workers in all three countries deserve an effective mechanism for remedying labour violations. By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #canlab #cndpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com

What Montreal’s police scandal reveals about systemic racism in #Quebec. Shocking allegations that officers ripped locs from Black men to keep as ‘trophies’ is no surprise to many who've been living with #racistpolicing for years. New from @mtltoula.bsky.social: ricochet.media/justice/poli...

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What's missing from corporate media's coverage of the new pipeline announcements? Emma Paling breaks it down in tomorrow's edition of Second Scoop 👇 www.readthemaple.com/signup-secon...

The closures include 660 NewsRadio, a significant news source for people living in and around Calgary. Alberta's traditional media continues to wither.

Going LIVE NOW on YouTube, Twitch and TikTok!! If you thought I was mad last week, oh boy am I extra pissed now. Hop on to find out why and to hang!! LIVE UNTIL 9:00pmET 💅 TWITCH: twitch.tv/rachel_gilmore YOUTUBE: YouTube.com/@AtRachelGil... TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@rachel_gilm...

The world order we have known all our lives is gone, and it is time to stop pretending otherwise. What will replace it? Read the 2026 summer Monitor Editorial: A time of monsters. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“If there’s hate and discrimination, bigotry in your heart, you will read that into scripture. If you come from a place of love and inclusion, you read that into scripture,” said Memorial University Dean of Theology Robert Cooke. Read the full story 👇 theindependent.ca/news/in-hist...

Poverty isn't a personal failure. It's the predictable outcome of austerity, precarious work, gutted social programs, and a housing system built for profit. As homelessness grows across Canada, governments are escalating a war on the poor instead of addressing its causes, says @johncke.bsky.social.

Here are 10 stories about power, law, & institutional secrecy in Canada Every week, our Post Facto newsletter sends readers these roundups (plus our own reporting) Subscribe here to get our next one www.defactomedia.ca/newsletters/ & check out the stories from the last week of June below:

CULTURE | Le festival du film pour l’environnement de Saint-Casimir se veut un espace de discussion autour des enjeux environnementaux réunissant cinéphiles, activistes et citoyen·nes curieux·ses. 🖊️ Par Francis-Hébert Bernier. 🔗 urls.fr/1UlYqq

A new exhibition in Regina gathers Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ artists around a tender and political belief that love, in all its forms, can be medicine. Story by Brittany Boschman indiginews.com/arts/regina-...

NEW: Pierre Poilievre once again parrots Pete Hegseth’s call for a ‘warrior culture’ in the military. www.readthemaple.com/poilievre-ag...

NEW: US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted over a dozen far-right activists and right-wing media personalities at his ‘Fourth of July’ party in Ottawa this weekend The US Embassy says Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich, who was convicted on criminal charges last year, was accredited as a journalist

Gosh, so many people are suddenly pushing the message that Canada's "mainstream media" isn't telling you the full story about US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra... And they're all spontaneously saying the same thing on the July 4 weekend too... 🤔

Exactly how much are taxpayers going to pony up for this oil pipeline? TBD — but we are going to be paying something. Still, Carney wants us to know, speaking in French, that it’s not “spending.” It’s “investment.” 🤪

Petro-nationalism prevents the Alberta NDP from criticizing the project; Carney's concession to Smith prevents them from arguing against her separatist-coddling strategy. They're pinned.

New newsletter this week, featuring: -Police chief's visit to illegal settlements -Secret federal contracts -VPD's AI photo fiasco -World Cup visa rejections -BC mining firm's Trump loophole Read it here, and subscribe to get our POST FACTO every week www.defactomedia.ca/newsletter/p...

"The solution is more local news, not less. Without it, Canadians are left in the dark and disinformation steps in to light the way." By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca bowislandcommentator.com/editorial/20...

WHAT!!!!

AI data centers are buying up memory chips, forcing up the price of virtually all our consumer electronics. It was great to have @papapishu.bsky.social back on the show to understand why this is happening, how’s benefiting, and what people are doing in response.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘it is important to examine some of the underlying system-level issues that have led B.C. nurses to reject the tentative agreement and begin job action.’ @policyalternatives.ca @alonghurst.bsky.social

NEW: A retired class action practitioner in rural Alberta has initiated a proposed class action lawsuit against Alberta's government, the Centurion Project, David Parker and the Republican Party of Alberta for one of the largest data breach in Cdn history. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

On a new🐙THE NORTH STATE🐙 monologue @youcaughtscott.com talks about Canada's Role in Cuba and how Canadians view the country through our economics, our political culture and our national news coverage. readthecatch.ca/monologue-on...

On a new ⚽ @endofsportpod.bsky.social ⚽ the team sit down with Fossil Free Footballs' Peter Crisp for a conversation exploring the environmental and social impacts of the World Cup, climate change, fossil fuel sponsorship, and the future of soccer. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

The Carney government's new nuclear strategy commits Canada to an overwhelmingly nuclear-powered electricity future. But behind promises of becoming an “energy superpower” lie serious questions about sky-high costs, safety, and a long list of strategic vulnerabilities, argues Mark Winfield.

"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

Oh Kanata: How my family wrote a Mi’kmaq translation of the national anthem This personal essay by Manny Simon was developed through the NB Media Co-op's media production workshops in Elsipogtog, where we also recorded Manny sharing his recollections. nbmediacoop.org/2026/07/01/o...

“If there’s no spot at the proverbial table for you, roll up your sleeves and build a new table,” she said, “because you deserve to be seen and heard.” Story by Brittany Boschman indiginews.com/sports/olymp...

Inside the Small Modular Reactor forum: A narrow energy conversation in New Brunswick Commentary by Kim Reeder and Mayara Gonçalves e Lima nbmediacoop.org/2026/07/01/i...

In the face of manufactured controversy, Winnipeg’s Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough. El Jones speaks to the Palestinian advocates who helped make the exhibit happen and who finally see their history reflected in a major Canadian institution. breachmedia.ca/the-nakba-ex...

On July 1, let's reflect on how to build the country we can be—equitable, fair, accessible and sustainable. For everyone who calls Canada home.

Working with animal hides can be a messy process — and children in Tiffany Bowser’s community of Simpcw First Nation “absolutely love it.” “They love scraping the hide. They love stretching it." Story by Santana Dreaver, co-published with The Narwhal

Workers at Oxfam Canada are on strike, fighting for higher wages, a broad definition of 'family' and paid leave for gender-affirming care and domestic violence survivors. A worker told me the strike is about being able to apply the policies that Oxfam works on globally to its own workforce.

The @toronto-fringe.bsky.social Festival opens today and runs until July 12, featuring 123 plays and other performances. Our theatre critic Robyn Grant-Moran shares 20 shows she’s checking out at the eclectic festival.

The report from @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social found that pay gaps do still exist in Canada, with women earning less than their male counterparts in every province. It found that Atlantic Canada has both the highest and lowest gender pay gaps in the country. www.frequencynews.ca/news/closing...

🏢En rappel pour le 1er juillet, notre no 94 sur le logement est entièrement disponible sur notre site web. Ici : www.ababord.org/-No-94-Hiver...

On 📣PROGRESSIVE PUBLICS📣 ep13 join @seancarleton.bsky.social, Dawnis Kennedy, @robertalexier.bsky.social and Raymond Fronger for a conversation called 'Confronting and Debunking Residential School Denialism'. from the March 28th symposium www.spreaker.com/episode/winn...

Following today's appearance on Front Burner, revisit @seancarleton.bsky.social's important work in CD on the rise of residential school denialism in Canada: 🔹 canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... 🔹 canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... 🔹 canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

WE HIT OUR GOALS AND THEN SOME!! (except the YouTube one but that's to be expected lol) Thank you all so, so much. I'm really touched by the kind messages sharing what my work has meant to some of you. I couldn't do it without you. 🤗❤️

“Rent has been consistently well above the general increase in prices since the pandemic,” @davidmaccdn.bsky.social says. “Mortgage interest costs have become a little bit less than the general average, but rent has remained well above that.” #cdnecon www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new...

“A report published in May by @policyalternatives.ca said the majority of Ontario's hospitals had been operating with budget deficits for the previous three years, facing annual cost increases...while government funding has not kept pace.” #onpoli www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara....

LIVE NOW: AMA with the journalist banned by the Thunder Bay police in retaliation for award-winning reporting that sent at least one cop to jail. Got Qs about Thunder Bay, its police, its problems with systemic racism, missing people, anything else? We’ve got As. www.reddit.com/r/RicochetMe...

Not without political implications: the most common source of complaints about this noise are a set of far-right street preachers who operate on Whyte Avenue and Jasper Avenue.

Oxfam Canada Workers Pushing to Include Policies to Support 2SLGBTQ+ Workers and Domestic Violence Survivors in Collective Bargaining Policies protecting the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ workers have recently gained traction in public sector unions pressprogress.ca/oxfam-canada...

Nora Loreto came by the show to deconstruct the shooter’s incel ideology and what’s fueling the rise in misogynist violence youtu.be/hfEGVVYvJ74?...